What's Polluting my Neighborhood?
Tools & Resources for Everyone
Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Our October discussion, "What's Polluting My Neighborhood? Tools & Resources for Everyone," provided community members with an opportunity to share and learn about how community members and organizations have gotten information about local pollution and environmental health issues. To add to the discussion, we invited a few organizations and individuals to talk about their own work on investigating local environmental and health issues in the Bayview:

• Maurice Campbell, Community Co-Chair of the Hunters Point Shipyard Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) and long-time community activist, spoke about how he and other community members did their own investigation on the history of radiological research and possible radiological contamination at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory.
• Jack Lendvay, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Chair of the Environmental Science/Environmental Studies Department at University of San Francisco (USF), spoke about how students from USF and Literacy for Environmental Justice collected water quality data in Yosemite Slough and South Basin.
• Sherlina Nageer, Environmental Health and Justice Manager at Literacy for Environmental Justice (LEJ), spoke about LEJ's efforts to investigate and research Bayview health and environmental justice concerns.

About Our Community Environmental Education Series

The Community Window on the Hunters Point Shipyard Cleanup hosts monthly discussions for the Bayview Community to keep you informed of important current environmental issues and how they affect your community. These events usually begin with a brief presentation on the month's topic followed by a friendly, informal group discussion. They are held on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 6:00PM at our office at 4634 Third Street (between Newcomb and McKinnon) in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood. These discussions are free and open to everyone in the Bayview/Hunters Point community.

For more information

Want more information? Call us at (415) 643-1190 with:

• Questions about an upcoming discussion;
• Suggestions of discussion topics for future events; or
• Opportunities to co-host a discussion with other community organizations or local agencies.

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